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A global survey of rotating convective updrafts in the GFDL X-SHiELD 2021...
We present the global characteristics of rotating convective updrafts in the 2021 version of GFDL's eXperimental System for High-resolution prediction on Earth-to-Local Domains...- publication PDF
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A model intercomparison study of aerosolâcloudâturbulence interactions...
This study presents the first model intercomparison of aerosol‐cloud‐turbulence interactions in a controlled cloudy Rayleigh‐Bénard Convection chamber...- publication PDF
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Toward a better regional ozone forecast over CONUS using rapid data...
Accuracy of cloud predictions in numerical weather models can considerably impact ozone (O-3) forecast skill. This study assesses the benefits in surface O-3 predictions of...- publication PDF
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Statistical assessment of tropical convection-permitting model simulations...
This study presents a method for comparing convection-permitting model simulations to radar observations using an innovative object-based approach. The method uses the automated...- publication PDF
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Observations of ice nucleating particles in the free troposphere from...
Wildfires in the western United States are large sources of particulate matter, and the area burned by wildfires is predicted to increase in the future. Some particles released...- publication PDF
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Investigating the response of leaf area index to droughts in southern...
In many regions of the world, frequent and continual dry spells are exacerbating drought conditions, which have severe impacts on vegetation biomes. Vegetation in southern...- publication PDF
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Modeling solar eclipses at extreme ultra violet wavelengths and the effects...
The impacts of solar eclipses on the ionosphere-thermosphere system particularly the composition, density, and transport are studied using numerical simulation and subsequent...- publication PDF
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High-resolution flood precipitation and streamflow relationships in two US...
Relationships between rainfall and river discharge are important for governing flood characteristics and predicting flood impacts. Previous studies have examined these...- publication PDF
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A method for probability matching based on the ensemble maximum for...
A probability matching (PM) product using the ensemble maximum (EnMax) as the basis for spatial reassignment was developed. This PM product was called the PM max and its...- publication PDF
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On the importance of representing snow over sea-ice for simulating the...
Correctly representing the snow on sea-ice has great potential to improve cryosphere-atmosphere coupling in forecasting and monitoring (e.g., reanalysis) applications, via...- publication PDF
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Interannual and seasonal drivers of carbon cycle variability represented by...
Earth system models are intended to make long-term projections, but they can be evaluated at interannual and seasonal time scales. Although the Community Earth System Model...- publication PDF
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Africa's climate response to solar radiation management with stratospheric aerosol
Anthropogenic warming is projected to increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme events, whose impacts are already being felt in vulnerable regions in sub-Saharan Africa....- publication PDF
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Model structure and climate data uncertainty in historical simulations of...
The divergence among Earth system models in the terrestrial carbon cycle has prompted interest in how to reduce uncertainty. Previous studies have identified model structural...- publication PDF
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Assessing the representation of the Australian carbon cycle in global...
Australia plays an important role in the global terrestrial carbon cycle on inter-annual timescales. While the Australian continent is included in global assessments of the...- publication PDF
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Solar cycle response of CO2 over the austral winter mesosphere and lower...
This work uses Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry CO2 data from 2002 to 2015 and Specified Dynamics-Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-...- publication PDF
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Precipitation formation in wintertime orographic clouds. Part I:...
Cloud seeding of wintertime orographic clouds in the western United States has been attempted to enhance snow production and snowpack. Due to the scarcity of long-term, high-...- publication PDF
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Coupled atmosphere-mixed layer ocean response to ocean heat flux convergence...
The winter response of the coupled atmosphereâ ocean mixed layer system to anomalous geostrophic ocean heat flux convergence in the Kuroshio Extension is investigated by means...- publication PDF
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Water vapor-forced greenhouse warming over the Sahara Desert and the recent...
The Sahel region of West Africa experiences decadal swings between periods of drought and abundant rainfall, and a large body of work asserts that these variations in the West...- publication PDF
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California case study of wildfires and prescribed burns: PM 2.5 emissions,...
Wildfires are a significant threat to human health, in part through degraded air quality. Prescribed burning can reduce wildfire severity but can also lead to an increase in air...- publication PDF
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Assessing CESM2 clouds and their response to climate change using cloud regimes
The Community Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2), has a very high climate sensitivity driven by strong positive cloud feedbacks. To evaluate the simulated clouds in the...- publication PDF